D-Day

Today I’m watching tennis –

It’s the Open set in France –

And while I cheered my favorites

As they won and could advance…

 

It struck me that it’s D-Day

And in 1944,

The Allies, under Ike,

Attacked the Nazis in the war.

 

They stormed the beach at Normandy

In a surprise attack.

Though many died, the tide was turned,

The enemy turned back.

 

In France right now, the focus

Is on what is current news –

The Covid curfew and the players

Giving interviews.

 

But on the beach at Normandy

Some veterans still met

To honor those who gave their lives

Whom we should not forget.